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OPERATORS · RRC 788997  · P-5 STATUS Y

SM Engy Co

Midland, TX · most active in Webb County

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SM Engy CO was issued 91 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 4% on the prior year, across 4 counties led by Webb with 36. 100% were horizontal.

37 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 6 in the prior quarter. 4 were issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2,271 wells under its operatorship (1,038 producing, 378 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 29M barrels of oil and 211M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 2% on the year before.

It holds 11 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 25.1M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

2,485 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2001; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

91
permits, last 12 months
-4%
vs prior 12 months (95)
4
counties, 12 months
1.04K
producing wells, of 2.27K of record
1.74K
leases it reports
100%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

86%
spud rate · 2,095 of 2,442 mature permits
33
median days permit to spud · middle half 14–68
4
spuds, last 180 days -84%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
388
expired undrilled
96
permits a year over 26 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 53 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 115 · prior 12 136(-15%)

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Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Webb county →369831,084Oct 27, 2026
Upton county →24375436Jan 22, 2026
Howard county →22633462Sep 18, 2026
Crane county →9132Aug 7, 2026
Martin county →—259177Sep 5, 2025
Borden county →—334Jul 15, 2013
Dimmit county →—3325Oct 1, 2025
Dawson county →—2830Nov 4, 2024
San Augustine county →—250Jan 25, 2012
Andrews county →—242Jul 26, 2014
Wheeler county →—121Aug 12, 2013
Walker county →—103Oct 13, 2016
Garza county →—80Jun 12, 2013
Limestone county →—87Sep 4, 2014
San Jacinto county →—82Oct 13, 2016
Washington county →—80Apr 29, 2014
LA Salle county →—70May 6, 2011
Lee county →—53Oct 22, 2014
Lynn county →—50May 14, 2013
Panola county →—48Nov 7, 2013
Shelby county →—22May 10, 2013
Jasper county →—10Jun 16, 2014
Trinity county →—11Dec 2, 2013

All 2,485 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Spraberry796125
San Andres760128
Yates750128
Eagle Ford57510
Escondido541101
Olmos53498
Wilcox49083
Austin Chalk48059
Clear Fork46796
Anacacho44363
Seven Rivers38932
Glorieta38832
Leonard34824
Grayburg34684
Wolfcamp31631

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

29M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-2%
vs the 12 months before
211M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
259M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 210,795,379 · prior 12 217,196,790(-3%)

010M20M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 28,950,151 · prior 12 29,460,822(-2%)

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Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

2,271
on the schedule
1,038
producing
378
shut in
7
injection
149
temp. abandoned
511
plugged

How it got them

1,561
permitted itself
698
acquired from others
99
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

11
active UIC permits of 35
373K
permitted bbl/day, active
25.1M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Howard5 active195K bbl/d
Martin3 active105K bbl/d
Dawson2 active65K bbl/d
Upton1 active8K bbl/d
Webb0 active0 bbl/d
Lynn0 active0 bbl/d
Borden0 active0 bbl/d
Andrews0 active0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill91952,389
Recompletion0093
Reenter002
Other001

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

FieldWellsProducing
Spraberry (Trend Area)852803001,085506
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)12018200585406
Gold River North (Olmos)355665002980
Lorenzo (Austin Chalk)54928500208117
Pegasus (Consolidated)70279100158
Wildcat18001100
Garden City S. (Wolfcamp)3399850090
Ackerly (Dean Sand)44820050
Ammann (Buda)239650050
Centennial E. (Cotton Valley)1669450050
Box Church (Travis Peak)1097480040
Jar (Pennsylvanian)4575728030

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
Attn Lisa Hunt 6301 Holiday Hill Road Bldg 1
Midland, TX 79707
(432) 563-8316
Officers and agents
Corporation Service Company · Texas Resident Agent
Morrow, Tom · Vice President
Pursell, Alan Wade · Treasurer,vice President,cfo
Vanderbeek, Kirk · Director
Bennett, Alan D · Vice President
Knott, Kenneth J. · Secretary,vice President,busines
McDonald, Elizabeth A · Vice President,coo
McKenna, Blake D · Vice President
All 14 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919634Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA48) #0221HH6,90047945779
919633Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA47) #0211HH6,90047945778
919632Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA46) #0201HH6,90047945777
919631Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA45) #0199HH6,90047945776
918654Sep 24, 2026Sep 22, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA44) #0179HH7,00047945755
918653Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA43) #0169HH7,00047945754
918652Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA41) #0159HH7,00047945753
918651Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe R (SA39) #0149HH7,00047945745
917525Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyHowardRohl A #311HH9,80022742917
917423Oct 29, 2026Aug 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyHowardWillie Scott AA #0882WDH10,00022742908
917415Oct 29, 2026Aug 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyHowardWillie Scott AA #0841WAH8,00022742909
917813Aug 20, 2026Aug 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe C #0139HH7,00047945721
917812Aug 20, 2026Aug 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyWebbBriscoe C #0129HH7,00047945724
917423Aug 20, 2026Aug 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyHowardWillie Scott AA #0882WDH10,00022742908
917415Aug 20, 2026Aug 18, 2026SM Energy CompanyHowardWillie Scott AA #0841WAH8,00022742909

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/788997, documented in the API reference.